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Paul Reubens, actor best known for playing Pee-wee Herman, dies aged 70 (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by nicetriangle@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

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The actor died Sunday night, years after he had been diagnosed with cancer, according to his team

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[–] andyburke@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe it's just the fediverse, but seeing someone admit they may have been misinformed is refreshing.

[–] Erikatharsis@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It could be that the type of Redditor who appreciates that type of transparency is also the same type of person who is most likely to migrate to a platform whose very code is based on transparency. I would get replies similar to yours whenever I admitted to mistakes on Reddit as well, and those types of replies always gave me mixed feelings, because something so bare-minimum really should be both mundane and expected...